By Phuong Tran Dakar 06 August 2007 A man shows a student card (L) and a newly-printed election voting card specially introduced for the Congolese second round of legislative elections in Brazzaville, 05 Aug 2007 In the Republic of Congo, results fro...
By Nick Wadhams Nairobi 26 July 2007 Four rare mountain gorillas have been killed after gunmen crept up on them and opened fire in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga National Park. Nick Wadhams has more on the story from Nairobi. The gorillas...
By Franz Wild Kinshasa 01 July 2007 Republic of Congo's President party has won nearly all the seats decided in the heavily criticized first round of last Sunday's parliamentary elections. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Kinshasa opposition groups...
By Franz Wild Brazzaville 24 June 2007 Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Congo are proceeding in most of the country. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Brazzaville, many Congolese say they have no voting cards and cannot find their voting o...
By Franz Wild Brazzaville 22 June 2007 Congo's top court has thrown out an appeal by an opposition alliance to cancel Sunday's legislative elections, clearing the way for a ruling party victory. As Franz Wild reports for VOA from Brazzaville, voters...
By Joe Bavier Kinshasa 11 June 2007 Congo 's main opposition party, the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC), has called for a political solution to allow the return of its leader Jean-Pierre Bemba, the party said in a statement. The ex-warlord...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 23 May 2007 Congo Brazzaville's President Denis Sassou Nguesso confirmed the appointment of a former rebel chief to the government. Last month the two former warring sides agreed to disarm and bring rebel leaders out of hiding. P...
By Joe Bavier Kinshasa 07 January 2007 Recovery efforts have been suspended near the town of Tshikapa in the Democratic Republic of Congo, following a cave-in at a pit mine Friday. Local officials in Western Kasai province say at least 13 people dig...
By Phuong Tran Dakar 14 December 2006 A court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has postponed the trial of several employees of an international mining company accused of helping government soldiers carry out a brutal 2004 crackdown against a rebe...
By Nico Colombant Dakar 27 November 2006 The Supreme Court in the Democratic Republic of Congo has certified the victory of incumbent President Joseph Kabila in October elections. His rival in the second round of voting, former Uganda-backed rebel l...